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"$40 billion! Darren, tell me, this is not true, is it? How could Microsoft offer such a sky-high price? What kind of ecstasy did you pour into Gates?"

A few days later, Yang Zhiyuan dialed Xia Jingxing's phone number and was met with a series of questions. His tone was full of shock, confusion, and a hint of displeasure.

"Jerry, don't get excited! Didn't Microsoft make an announcement? The answers are all in it."

On the other end of the phone, Xia Jingxing made a "silence" gesture to Kristina who walked into the study with coffee, and then continued chatting with Yang Zhiyuan.

"Dylan, you must be hiding something from me."

"No! You are worrying too much."

Hearing this, Jerry Yang's tone became more solemn and said: "Darren, since you have entrusted me with the acquisition of Android, you shouldn't hide anything from me."

After Christina took the coffee out of the tray and put it on the table, she did not turn around and leave. Instead, she sat down next to Xia Jingxing and watched with a smile how he answered Yang Zhiyuan's questions.

"Okay! Let me tell you the truth. I am very dissatisfied with the current progress of the acquisition negotiations. Very dissatisfied."

Xia Jingxing pretended to be angry and said: "In normal times, that's all. It doesn't matter if we talk about it for a year and a half.

But what is the situation now?

Ever since the news of Android's selling out was released, the entire company has become panic-stricken. Everyone has begun to worry about their future, and some even plan to leave.

There is no turning back. Only by finalizing the deal as soon as possible can we appease people's hearts and avoid violent turmoil within Android and lose its hard-won market leadership.

In addition, a person familiar with the matter revealed to me that Google and Wisdom Fruit have formed a temporary interest alliance, using their contacts and energy accumulated over the years to lobby lawmakers everywhere, with the aim of destroying the idea of ​​selling Android..."

When Yang Zhiyuan first heard Xia Jingxing's words, he felt that he was perfunctory, but when he heard that Google and Zhiguo had intervened, he immediately became alert and subconsciously asked: "Are Page and Cook really involved?"

"Yes, those two guys clearly have no good intentions. Android is obviously much easier to deal with in my hands than in Facebook's hands."

Yang Zhiyuan was silent on the other end of the phone because he felt that things were getting more and more complicated.

Facebook, Microsoft, Wisdom and Google, a total of four giant companies participated in the change of ownership of Android.

Facebook and Microsoft want to acquire Android, while the other two companies that develop their own mobile operating systems are obviously trying to scuttle the deal.

Hey, that’s not right!

Microsoft obviously has its own Windows Phone system, which has been released for more than half a year. Its market share is second only to Android and Smartphone. As for paying such a high price to buy Android?

There is a conspiracy! There must be some conspiracy inside that I don't know about!

After reacting, Jerry Yang asked again: "Then what are you going to do next? Sell Android to Microsoft?"

"You know, the ideal partner is always Facebook, and that's not going to change."

"But Microsoft offered a higher price."

“So, I think Facebook should have a sense of urgency, adjust its strategy, and win Android before Microsoft does.

This is good for me, good for Facebook, and good for Android! "

Yang Zhiyuan completely understood. It turned out that Microsoft, which had announced its intention to acquire Android in a big way, was actually hired by Xia Jingxing!

He had no intention of feeling impressed by Xia Jingxing's energy, he just wanted to solve this bunch of things as soon as possible.

“Darren, I personally support Facebook’s acquisition of Android.

But the US$40 billion quotation is indeed a bit unrealistic.

Not only do I think so, most people also think the same way.

As soon as the stock market opened today, Microsoft's stock price collapsed by five points due to this sudden news. Obviously, shareholders and a large number of institutional investors are not optimistic about Microsoft's upcoming acquisition. "

Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "It's normal to ask for a high price and pay back on the ground.

Besides, I don’t have any fixed conditions, I just have a small request: speed up and don’t let me distract too much energy on this matter. "

Jerry Yang sighed, "Okay, I understand. I will convince the other people in the acquisition team as soon as possible, but don't have too high expectations in terms of price. Those institutional investors don't have as good a relationship as you and I."

"I understand! Thank you for your hard work!"

Xia Jingxing responded with a smile, very satisfied with Yang Zhiyuan's success.

In fact, he didn't have much intention to engage in insider trading. He just couldn't stand the slowness of the acquisition team.

The investment and business environment he faces in the United States is constantly deteriorating, and things could easily go wrong if the transaction drags on.

Asking Gates to be a supporter is just a little bit of a blow to Facebook's other shareholders. Don't be too fussy. Just sign the contract when the price is almost negotiated.

After hanging up the phone from Yang Zhiyuan, Xia Jingxing blinked at Kristina, who was holding her chin and staring at him, "What are you looking at? Do you have a different opinion?"

"I am now the nominal largest shareholder of Facebook. You asked me to spend more money, but you still don't allow me to have different opinions?"

Looking at the arrogant Kristina, Xia Jingxing quickly said with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't worry about these details, I didn't mean to target you.

Now that the company is bigger and listed, various rules and regulations have been improved, but at the same time it has also brought about a drawback: there are too many frivolous things, and the work efficiency is low.

Believe me, if Facebook spends more money now, it will definitely earn back ten or twenty times in the future. "

Kristina waved her hand to signal Xia Jingxing to stop talking. This theory almost made her ears tingle.

“Jerry, Xiaoquan, I, and I all have unconditional support and trust in you, but other shareholders are different.

If you force them so forcefully, even if they agree due to the current situation, they will definitely hate you in the future. "

"I'm afraid they'll hold a grudge?"

Xia Jingxing said nonchalantly: "You overestimate the memory of those people. As long as they can make a profit, they can forget all the unpleasantness."

“That is also based on the fact that Android has helped Facebook successfully transform and revive its stock price.”

"It will work out, trust me!"

Seeing Xia Jingxing's serious and confident eyes, Kristina stopped trying to persuade him.

It's just that she doesn't know why, but she always feels that Xia Jingxing has become much more eager for quick success and quick success recently, and is not as calm as before.

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The divine assist from Gates worked wonders as expected.

Negotiations between Facebook and Android, which had been stalled, suddenly accelerated.

In early July, the two parties finally reached an agreement and successfully signed a formal acquisition agreement.

According to the agreement, Facebook will fully acquire Android at the cost of "an additional US$20 billion in stock and US$4 billion in cash."

This price is far from the US$40 billion offered by Microsoft, but it is actually the best condition that can be obtained.

In his previous life, Gates once mentioned in public that the biggest mistake he made was giving Google the opportunity to launch Android, which cost him a total of $400 billion.

Of course, this refers to the value that Android will have fully grown in seven or eight years, and it is far from worth this amount at present.

No one can predict the future, and naturally no one can have a correct assessment of Facebook’s true value.

Therefore, until the moment before the acquisition agreement was officially signed, some shareholders of Facebook who lacked vision were still voting against it, believing that they should not take a "big gamble" and put out shares equivalent to 11.2% of Facebook's total share capital after the additional issuance of shares, plus US$4 billion in cash was used to acquire a company that was not yet profitable. While carrying a huge financial burden, it also plunged into a software field that had never been entered before.

This is a risky move and casts a shadow over Facebook's future business prospects.

Many shareholders who are dissatisfied with the acquisition decision have privately begun to contact their next shareholders, preparing to jump out of the company before the consequences of the failed acquisition are fully revealed.

The disapproval of some small shareholders has not affected Facebook's integration of Android at all.

Originally, Android employees were still worried about their personal future, but now they no longer have such thoughts.

Because of the total US$24 billion in acquisition funds, 6% belongs to all Android employees.

With the completion of the acquisition, Android's nearly 1,000 employees will collectively share an option redemption gift package worth US$1.44 billion, with each employee receiving more than US$1 million.

Of course, this refers to the average, and the real distribution plan cannot be average.

Android founder Andy Rubin alone took the biggest piece of the pie, receiving more than $400 million worth of stock and cash.

But no matter what, the key employees and middle-level managers can all drink the soup along, and it's not a problem to get millions of dollars.

In the face of real money, people's hearts suddenly calmed down, and everyone happily switched families and joined Facebook.

During the entire process, almost no one resigned, because the Facebook stocks allocated to them had to be unlocked and cashed out step by step after they joined the new company.

This is also a strategy to tie down these core Android developers. It is impossible to easily give them financial freedom and then leave their jobs and run away.

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After Xia Jingxing smoothly handled the Android matter, good news came from another front.

Vision Capital’s LP was completely divided and disintegrated!

Most of the blue-blood nobles and institutional LPs sincerely invited Xia Jingxing to return to New York to preside over Vision Capital's relaunch of fundraising.

This time, Xia Jingxing didn't hold back any more and boarded the plane to New York under the expectation of everyone.

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